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can you refill your gas tank in your driveway or garage?
Posted by kevinrs1
30th Jun
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Tesla-Space X and Elon Musk Help save the World!!!
Posted by bld4me
26th Aug
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maybe...
Electric cars may be the future but we better figure a way to double or triple pattern life in the next decade.
Posted by Kiljoy616
26th Jun
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Only if they can charge in 5 minutes
The electric car isn't going to be that big of a market until it can be recharged in the same time as a gasoline powered car can be refueled. Period...end of story.
Posted by BrewmanNH
29th Jun
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can you refill your gas tank in your driveway or garage?
probably 80% of cars aren't ever driven far enough in a day to require more than nightly slow charging. The other 20%, no one is forcing you to give up your gas car. A family could keep 1 gas car for long trips, and any other cars switch to electric. Also, for a yearly roadtrip to Las Vegas or similar, you could always rent a car.
Complaining about not charging fast enough is an apples and oranges comparison, you need to fill your gas tank fast, because you have to go to a specialized location, and take your turn waiting on it to fill up. It may be out of the way, and you have to wait right there until it is done. An electric car, you fill up while you are sleeping, without putting any extra mileage on to get there. There is no need for it to happen in 5 minutes.
Complaining about not charging fast enough is an apples and oranges comparison, you need to fill your gas tank fast, because you have to go to a specialized location, and take your turn waiting on it to fill up. It may be out of the way, and you have to wait right there until it is done. An electric car, you fill up while you are sleeping, without putting any extra mileage on to get there. There is no need for it to happen in 5 minutes.
Posted by kevinrs1
30th Jun
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It all comes down to $$$
Right now, gas is cheap relative to the rest of the world. But when prices spike, as we saw in 2008, hybrids were the choice and SUV sales came to a screeching halt. Next spike will generate an explosion in the sales of EVs.
Posted by golf2dmax
30th Jun
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Batteries are improving rapidly
With the rate battery technology is improving, I think Musk's prediction is actually conservative.
Posted by Greenknight_z
2nd Jul
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Half of All Cars Electric
Sure, because Democrats will impose a tax (still called a penalty by the Obama administration) for anyone not buying an electric car, because evidently they can regulate interstate commerce even when you don't buy something.
Posted by bb_apptix
2nd Jul
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Tesla-Space X and Elon Musk Help save the World!!!
Elon, Tesla and Space X Save the World!-Amazon.com/Barnes and Noble.com
Read the new novel by Mark Ellenbogen-God Shuffled His Feet!! Elon Musk, Tesla and Space X take an active role in saving the world. Humorous, well researched and a tribute to Musk's forward thinking and innovation. Have fun reading as the main characters test drive a Tesla Roadster and Space X develops a MagLev drive for land, see and space travel.
Read the new novel by Mark Ellenbogen-God Shuffled His Feet!! Elon Musk, Tesla and Space X take an active role in saving the world. Humorous, well researched and a tribute to Musk's forward thinking and innovation. Have fun reading as the main characters test drive a Tesla Roadster and Space X develops a MagLev drive for land, see and space travel.
Posted by bld4me
26th Aug